Thanks for clearing that up, Shelley. I was wondering how she'd know, after she scanned, which pages were pictures, and you cleared that up for me. (smile) Cindy --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Cindy. > > Indeed pictures do not transfer into the .rtf in > fact you aren't supposed to > let them. smile. > > But for times like I have where there is no one > around you just have to scan > every page. > > I can sometimes tell if a whole page is a picture, > but don't want to skip > them unless I know for sure that there is no > caption. > > That is why I gave Patty the settings I did. When > you are done scanning you > just go through and erase all the Junk that was in > the pictures that the OCR > software tried to recognize. > > But, indeed if I have someone willing to describe > pictures it is great but > not always practical, smile. > > I can see the pictures as blocks of darkness, or > color, but nothing more. > And as my vision decreases I prefer not to assume > and miss something. > > > > Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Advisory Council > www.guidedogs.com > > The vision must be followed by the venture. It is > not enough to > stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > > -- Vance Havner > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:01 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning picture books > > > Patti, > > You say you don't know where the pictures in the > book > are. If you could find out via a sighted friend or > relative, you can just skip the pages with pictures > -- > but mark the page number and indicate that that page > is an illustration. Some pictures have captions, and > it's good to scan those, if you can. If you have a > really good friend or relative who's willing to help > by describing the picture, it's nice to have that > description in, but it's not necessary. > > Shelley, I think you suggested that she scan the > pages > with the pictures,too, but they won't convert, will > they? They don't stay in the book when it goes to > bookshare, do they? However, Patti, if you do scan > them and a validator can get the book he/she can > indicate that that page is am illustration and > delete > the garbage that might be on it. > > So don't worry and just scan and submit. > > Cindy > > > Thanks for this message about ways to find > books > > to scan, I am saving > > this message for future reference. I must admit, > > having only been on this > > list for a day or so I was beginning to wonder if > I > > should even make the > > effort to submit a book, because I don't know the > > first thing about how to > > fix scans; all I know is how to scan and all this > > talk about submissions and > > how accurate that we want them to be made me think > > that I could never offer > > anything passable. I am still not sure if I > should > > try or not. My question > > is, what if your book has pictures in it, and > > particularly if it has a lot? > > What do you do about that, if you don't know where > > they are? I have this > > really neat book I want to submit but I am afraid > it > > may not be scannable. > > Oh, I scanned it once for myself and got the gist > of > > it, but I don't know if > > my copy is submitable. Thanks for listening to my > > ramble, take care, and I > > will try to learn from you all, and maybe it will > > all click one day and I'll > > try to submit something. > > Patti > > > > Dear Lord, help me to become the kind of person > that > > my dog thinks I am. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rui" <rui@xxxxxxxx> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:42 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Feeling like scanning, > but > > don't know what to > > scan? > > > > > > > Hello my fellow booksharians: > > > Feel like scanning something, but don't know > what > > to scan? > > > > > > Ah yes, what a quandry of epic proportions. > > > > > > Well, fear not, you have 2 options > > > First and foremost there is the > > Bookshare-maintained wishlist. This can > > > be > > > found at: > > > http://www.bookshare.org/web/WishList.html > > > Here you can find books that other booksharians > > are longing for. > > > > > > > > > Secondly, there is the Rui-maintained "no book > > left behind list." This > > > can > > > be found at: > > > http://members.cox.net/booksharescans/rejected.html > > > These are books that were rejected by the > innitial > > validater. However, > > > just > > > because the scan wasn't up to standard, does not > > mean that these books > > > should not take there rightful place in the > > bookshare library. > > > > > > So in closing, I encourage all of you scanners > to > > take a look at these two > > > lists, > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This Bookshare Public Service Announcement has > > been brought to you by, Rui > > > The opinions expressed herein are not > necessarily > > those of benetec, > > > bookshare.org, their employees, blah, blah, etc > > etc,. > > > (smile) > > > > > > -- Rui > > > Bookshare.org Unofficial Volunteer Scanning Page > > > http://members.cox.net/booksharescans > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do > good. > http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo